Bdot says he listens to sam harris’ podcast (when he was on illmacs on RYD) but still seems to be predictively and stereotypically “woke”. Guess he only cares to listen to the atheist stuff and none of the other gems sam harris drops guys brilliant.

Swave exposed him, I'll never look at B Dot the same again.
This was worse than Diz vs Gjonij IMO.
By the third round B Dot was admitted to biting Lux style too, smh. And the fact B Dot was salty between rounds and especially at the very end, watch him look at Swave after the battle. Swave smoked him.

Bdot says he listens to sam harris’ podcast (when he was on illmacs on RYD) but still seems to be predictively and stereotypically “woke”. Guess he only cares to listen to the atheist stuff and none of the other gems sam harris drops guys brilliant.

I only know a couple German phrases, but one of them describes the pseudo-intellectual well: Gefährliches Halbwissen

Dot had that stuff about Swaves father teaching martial arts and "bowing to the east"

Quite possible one of the worst angles I've ever heard, certainly goes hand in hand with the pseudo-intellectual think he's woke but doesn't even understand the history

There is a very strong correlation between martial arts in NYC at that time and black power teaching

If you were black with a dojo in NYC at that time you for sure were using martial art teachings to help empower black youth, Bruce Lee was a huge rolemodel in the hoods and while it sucks that black people had to look to an Asian for inspiration thats a reflection of systematic racism and just having a minority in his position in a sea of white people was huge

Shit was very big in fighting the culture war at the time and for someone who is so open about black power you would think he would know some history a bit better, especially if you plan to write a round about it trying to paint it in a negative light

Combine all of that with Swave saying "You still fighting over colors" and that line hits harder than everything BDot said

To be fair truly pulling off conscious rap is exceedingly difficult. Theres very few actual bonafide intellectuals that you cant poke holes through their work.

Swaves approach is much better in that regard. Hes not preachy but a little wise which garners respect

I liked how Swave mentioned the relief work he did after hurricanes and then compared that to B-Dot's contribution being just words. Had B-dot had another round at that point he may have had a good response. Maybe that's why the coin toss winner usually points at the other guy to go first

Does B Dot sniff a line or pop an Adderall before his performances? Maybe those tics are just neurotypical responses to stress. Either way, it’s always very noticeable. No judgments either way. Just curious.

Swave’s Rd2 opener was the funniest shit I’ve seen in a long time. Also, his Rd3 was perfectly placed. B Dot was strong for this debut, but he covered the same book learning stuff he always does.

You don’t set expectations on a different metric for Swave, but you do have to judge his shit on its own merits. This clash brought out great material from both sides and is hard to call.

To be fair truly pulling off conscious rap is exceedingly difficult. Theres very few actual bonafide intellectuals that you cant poke holes through their work.

Swaves approach is much better in that regard. Hes not preachy but a little wise which garners respect

Ya thats fair

I feel like this kind of just poked holes in itself though, I don't know if Swave and his boys were laughing at the same thing(I think they were) but I had that exact reaction at the same time to the angle I saw BDot painting

But I get what you mean, you see it a lot with BDot where people go out of their way to try and make him look unintelligent

I feel like this kind of just poked holes in itself though, I don't know if Swave and his boys were laughing at the same thing(I think they were) but I had that exact reaction at the same time to the angle I saw BDot painting

But I get what you mean, you see it a lot with BDot where people go out of their way to try and make him look unintelligent

There’s no denying that he’s dedicated to what he raps. He’s a young lion, and many of us were there: talking about change and uplifting folks. I see him leaving the battle rap stage and doing community work of some kind in a couple of years. Or, hell, perhaps he wants to use battle rap as that platform for a time. At any rate, I can’t take anything from him, especially after his Rd3 against EK.